Springhill Medical Center

Springhill, Louisiana

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Respiratory Services

(318) 539-1026 (v) (318) 539-1008 (f)

Breathing Made Easier...

Springhill Medical Center is fortunate to have three full-time and three part-time therapists.  They perform intensive care procedures as well as being a vital part of the hospital's lifesaving response team that handles patient emergencies. Besides helping patients to breathe a little easier, the therapists at SMC conduct stress tests under the direction of Dr. L. Gary Torrence, Internal Medicine, physician director and Dr. Felix Torres, Internal Medicine.  

Springhill Medical Center’s respiratory therapists perform procedures that are both diagnostic and therapeutic.  Some of these activities include:

• Take blood specimens and analyze them to determine levels of oxygen, carbon dioxide, and other gases using state-of-the-art equipment
• Cardiac lab services including stress testing with or without nuclear imaging and electrocardiogram (EKG).
• Studying disorders of people with disruptive sleep patterns such as apnea.
• Encephalograms  (EEG)
• Measuring the capacity of a patient's lungs to determine if there is impaired function using a PFT or Pulmonary Function Test.
• Employing mechanical ventilation for treating patients who cannot breathe adequately on their own.
• Administering medications in aerosol form to help alleviate breathing problems and to help prevent respiratory infections.
• Maintaining a patient's artificial airway, one that may be in place to help the patient who can't breathe through normal means.

Springhill Medical Center’s respiratory care is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.  For more information about the Respiratory Therapy department call (318) 539-1026.